The

U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...

State of Colorado Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east ...

has 20 statistical areas that have been delineated by the

Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The office's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, while it also examines agency pro ...

(OMB). Statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the

United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...

, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities. On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated three combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and ten micropolitan statistical areas in Colorado. The most populous of these statistical areas is the 12-county Denver–Aurora–Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area with a

estimated population of 3,752,505 as of July 1, 2024. The Denver–Aurora–Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area, the

Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, ...

, the Fort Collins–Loveland, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo-Cañon City, CO Combined Statistical Area, and the Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area comprise what is known as the Front Range Urban Corridor.

Colorado statistical areas

The following table contains each of the 64 Colorado counties with their statistical areas and their population as estimated by the

for July 1, 2024.

Colorado core-based statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population rank of each of the 17 Colorado core-based statistical areas with their population histories.

Colorado combined statistical areas

The following table provides the in-state population rank of each of the three Colorado combined statistical areas with their population histories.

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